61. Energy companies declined as forecasts for milder weather this week were expected to swell inventories above year-ago levels. 62. Enrollment in nursing programs is declining even as the population ages. 63. European stocks and bonds declined as exporters were wounded by a floundering U.S. dollar and bonds tracked falling U.S. Treasuries. 64. Even if the number of real cowboys is declining as farm prices fall, the image endures. 65. Even so, exposure to dioxin is declining as emissions drop, he said. 66. Emerging market debt declined as weaker U.S. stocks underscored investor reluctance to put money into riskier emerging market bonds. 67. Exporters, such as electronics companies, declined as hopes faded that their earnings will benefit from a further strengthening of the dollar. 68. Exports also declined as the company continued to move production offshore, and Daihatsu made fewer cars for Toyota. 69. Factory hours also declined as did factory overtime. 70. Falling yields make bonds less attractive as an alternative to stocks, but this time stocks continued to decline as Treasury yields dropped to historic lows. |